European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse New sunday August 5, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 3 u nato strategy by Vince Crawley Niernberg Bureau Stuttgart West Germany a Here show to update those tired textbooks on nato strategy Start by crossing out a cold War and replacing it with a protected turn a Forward defense into a Forward presence a and add the word a reduced Quot in front of somewhere in the margins Jot Down a multinational As a footnote write in Quot Croton a that tiny port town on the sole of Italy a Boot that is the planned Home of a controversial . Air base. But use Pencil. These or similar phrases will be some of the words for the nato of the �?T90s, says Gen. John r. Galvin who has coined a phrase or two during his stint As the alliances top commander in Europe. In an recent interview at his Stuttgart Headquarters Galvin described what . Troops might expect in the aftermath of the historic nato Summit held in Early july. Galvins protected peace would be the result of a Quot matrix of arms control treaties. This would reduce troop numbers in Europe to a level that a does not permit any kind of deep sustained attack by either Side without a mobilization a he said. To make sure the two sides play fair there would be what Galvin called an a his vote of course goes to nato a because it is a Good decision maker and a crisis one recent nato decision was to retire the alliances venerable strategy of Forward defense which called for massing its military might on the Western Side of the Iron curtain. In the future a much thinner front line will keep a Quot Forward presence inside the current Borders of West Germany Galvin said. The old term has a connotations that done to quite fit comfortably in a new strategy Quot Galvin said. A but we certainly want to ensure that we have a deterrent Force that is clearly visible and serves to dissuade anybody from an attack against nato some countries particularly France and England have hinted that they will withdraw their troops from West Germany once unification takes place. Galvin said that a Forward press race by All nato countries not Only the North american members would be important to show the Solidarity of the Alliance. On july i just before the London Summit nato began experimenting with what it is calling reduced readiness. Galvin said the reductions Are incremental. A where we had Alert response requirements before that were listed in terms of hours those arc now listed As ass l it smolt Lewis or. Gen. John r. Galvin Galvin said he is already studying a second round of adjustments to response times. But he stressed that a what we re not talking about is reducing readiness in terms of the Levels of proficiency. We re not talking about reducing training. We re talking about reducing response times. There is often a confusion Here in which people think that readiness or combat capability is 1 he nato of the �?T90s will still have its words backed up by armies Likely multinational forces that will be smaller and a hopefully of High Quality Quot the general said. The mixture of treaties and armies is designed to Lead to a a pro peeled peace the likes of which we have not seen in Europe . Galvin Pul in a pitch for the air base at Uro tone the planned Home of the . 401st tac fighter Wing which is being taken out of Spain As part of a new base agreement worked out with the Spanish government. Although the new base has its critics in Washington Galvin wants the Wing s 72 -17-16s to remain in Europe to strengthen natos Southern flank the alliances Border with North Africa and the turbulent Middle East. A the South Lank has potential for instability Quot Galvin said. A perhaps More than the Central or the Northern regions. Seventy two first line fighter bomber aircraft almost dead Center in the Mediterranean Areva tremendously Good idea if what you re looking for is stability in the stability aside the base s $900 million Price tag has some Washington lawmakers up in arms. It remains one Issue on which Congress is planning to have the last stalks night trains after murder by de Reavis staff writer porters on the night trains out of Frankfurt Are Riding with a burdensome Load of baggage a cold naked fear the fear climbed aboard their trains in june after a belgian colleague was slain on the italia express. Since then the porters have been travelling with a queasy feeling about their work. A butterflies hit your stomach when you work the night train to Rimini Italy Quot said Burchard Bosche spokesman for the porters Union ngg. Quot however we re not Only worried about our own safety but also for that of our the killing of 34-year-old Luc Naeyert remains unsolved. One of the few things that police know is that he was attacked when he was on duty on the Brussels Milan express. Naeyert was tied up in a conductors compartment and gagged. A plastic bag was then forced Over his head. Police assume the Cooling tank sgt. Gerardo Bermudez foreground relaxes with friends Friday in i improvised swimming Pool. They re taking a break during agile Warrior a 2,600-Soldier computer simulation exercise in the Nur Rilk re German area. The swimming Pool Bermudez and his buddies from ii co 26th signal in Uei Thrunn Are in is a collapsible water storage tank set up to keep the troops Cool during the heat wave. Bag Cut off his air Supply. A the worst thing is that nothing has happened to improve safely since the Bosche said. Porters have been forced to live with crimes in sleepers for years Bosche said. But a slaying is something else entirely he said. Quot ask any of the ,. Porters that work out of Frankfurt Quot Bosche said. Quot All of them have been victimized several times. All of a sudden these gangs of four and five men appear in the corridor they hold a knife at the Porter s Throat Rob the passengers and move on a the gangs prey on Surmer vacationers in route to Italy and Winter vacationers on their Way to Switzerland. The thieves used to be polite Bosche said. A a they used to steal Whai they could grab without waking the he said Quot sometimes they used a knockout Spray but there was never any . But now Bosche said they hold the Porter at knife Point and bang on the compartment doors saying they re police. They be even used stolen italian and Swiss police uniforms. Ads chef a Union has complained hot there is no Way for the Porter to alarm the rest of the train that thieves Are aboard. Gerhard Scheuber. Spokesman for the German railway in Frankfurt said there is lit tie the Railroad can do to prevent the crimes. A was these crimes happen outside of Germany we must rely on the foreign police authorities to solve and Stop them Quot he said. Scheuber said the locks on Couchetta compartments would be changed to prevent opening from the outside As they Are on first class sleeping compartments. But he doubled that the locks would curb the crimes. A the porters Are right a we must also improve the on Board alarm and communications system Quot he said. A the italians have now put police on the night trains. We can Only Hope that All this publicity about crones on the Lains we scare Oil potential thieves it has already scared Olf some of our customers who have turned m their tickets Quot Scheuber said a in Friday afternoon Bosche was scheduled to travel from Frankfurt to Madrid by Couchetta. He said other porters had advised him to put a lock and Chain on his compartment door. Quot of Bohably Good adv ice. Hut i Wojik i a Jim said
